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Edgar Allen Poe…Gothic?
Edgar Allen Poe throughout his time has mastered the art of Gothic writing. His writing usually included in them horrors, mystery, and suspense. A few of his Gothic elements may include high emotion, use of words signifying fear and mystery, or even supernatural events. There are two stories that Poe wrote with some examples of these Gothic traits: “The Tell-Tale Heart� and “The Masque of the Red Death�.
In one of Poe’s stories, “The Tell Tale Heart�, Poe expresses a couple of the Gothic traits such as Gothic themes, the protagonist, and the symbols of Goth. The Gothic theme in this story when a man’s true nature is revealed in extreme situations. The narrator is outside the old man’s window and picks up his lantern and shines the light onto the old man’s eye that is what has aggravating him so much. The narrator hated the old man’s “vulture� eye. “So I opened it- you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily- until, at......

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